Question for free site submitters (not LL owners)

[ponygirl]

Originally Posted by Useless Warrior

Marry someone whose sole income pays the mortgage, two car payments, utilities, your broadband connection, etc. That way, the weekly check from CCBill for $50 will seem like icing on the cake. It will also help if your spouse has had a couple of psych courses so they'll be able to adequately understand and cope as you become increasingly introverted, socially anxious, and generally bitter at your lack of success while being unable to break free from that which causes you the most pain. Having a dog who can absorb a few kicks helps too.

ok, I will back this up (except for the dog, I've got enough chaos in my life )

Warbot, don't get discouraged. I've been doing this for 2 yrs now (although I definitely don't submit every day) and it took me a year just to see regular cheques of any kind. I do freesites, hubs and have a little LL. It now pays for hosting, content, and groceries (I have 3 males in my house so that's not small potatoes lol).

Just get it in your head that YOU WILL NOT MAKE ANY MONEY for a while. I think that's what kills most newbies in this biz. If you have a year or 2 to build it up and keep working at it, YOU WILL MAKE MONEY. It's almost that simple. Build freesites, hubs, pages, get domains whenever you can afford it...keep making your little slice of the pie bigger and it will happen.

This last month has been terrible, for whatever reason (some people believe in summer slowdown, some don't), and one of my main sponsors tanked for me, so I've been spreading my traffic out a bit which doesn't help sales. But I'm optimistic and I know it will get better again.

My advice is to just keep going as long as you can before starving to death. And if it looks like you will, then get a part time job, eat lots of mr noodle, and keep going.

oh ya, and stay here...this is definitely THE place to be if you want to do anything in the freesite/LL biz.